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AKHİSAR OPV’s drydocking process has been completed
by Kazım Mutlu March 3, 2024
AKHİSAR OPV’s drydocking process has been completed
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The drydocking process of the AKHİSAR ship, built within the scope of the Offshore Patrol Vessel project, has been completed.

At the Weekly Press Information Meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, Press and Public Relations Advisor Rear Admiral Zeki Aktürk announced important developments regarding the AKHİSAR Offshore Patrol Ship. Aktürk stated that the drydocking process, which is a critical stage after the launch of AKHİSAR, the first ship built within the scope of the Offshore Patrol Vessels Project carried out under the main contractor of ASFAT within the Ministry, was successfully completed on February 23, 2024.

AKHİSAR OPV

In order to more effectively protect and defend Türkiye’s rights, interests and interests in the seas, the construction activities of the Hisar Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), the construction of which has started in order to respond to the need for Offshore Patrol Vessels in the shortest time and in the most cost-effective manner, is carried out by Istanbul Shipyard Command under the main contractorship of ASFAT. While it was aimed to produce 10 ships within the scope of the project, the first two ships of the series, AKHİSAR and KOÇHİSAR, were launched on September 23, 2023, only 17 months after the first sheet metal cutting, both ships were equipped to an advanced level and started port acceptance tests as soon as possible.

https://en.defenceturk.net/akhisar-opvs-...completed/